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Career adaptability and career choice satisfaction: Roles of career self‐efficacy and socioeconomic status

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: Based on career construction theory, this study examined the contribution of career adaptability to career choice satisfaction, with career decision‐making self‐efficacy as a mediator and socioeconomic status as a moderator. Nine hundred and fourteen Chinese final‐year undergraduates were recruited. The results revealed that career adaptability directly influenced career choice satisfaction and indirectly through career decision‐making self‐efficacy, with some specific differences based on socioeconomic status. Particularly, the cooperation dimension of career adaptability was found to be negatively related to career choice satisfaction only among undergraduates with higher socioeconomic status. The findings have implications for research on career construction theory as well as for career education and counseling practices in universities.

Source: The Career Development Quarterly

DOI: 10.1002/cdq.12334

Authors: Mengting Li, Weiqiao Fan, Li‐fang Zhang

Institutions: Nanjing Normal University, Shanghai Normal University, University of Hong Kong

Language: English

Topic: Career Development and Diversity

Subfield: Safety Research

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Decent work and economic growth, Reduced inequalities, Quality education

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W4386636493

FWCI: 6.348

Cites: 70

Cited by: 26

Related to: 10